Ross Maghielse | MLive.com file photoWillie Mack III prepares to tee off on the first hole of the Michigan Open Monday at The Orchards Golf Club in Washington, Mich.

WASHINGTON, MI -- Sometimes good just isn’t good enough. At the 95th Michigan Open this week at The Orchards Golf Club, good didn’t even come close to cutting it for Flint native Willie Mack III.

Mack shot 14-under-par over four days yet finished tied for a distant third place due to a miraculous and record-setting -23 tournament from champion Barrett Kelpin. Nonetheless, the 23-year-old Mack, in his first year as playing as a professional, can take pride in turning in another solid tournament as he continues his pursuit to play on the PGA Tour.

“I played pretty good like the last three days,” said Mack, who turned in three straight rounds at 4-under before closing out with a 2-under-par 70 Thursday. “I didn’t get off to as good as start as the last few days. You start pushing, (doing) things you weren’t doing. But Barrett played pretty good and I did too so I can’t be too mad about that.”

“Pretty good” is a bit of an understatement in describing what Kelpin, a Kalamazoo native, was able to do. He took control of the tournament on Tuesday and never let up.

“I knew that I could win if I played well,” Kelpin said. “I talked about it with my teacher going in. Every day after the round, we talked about how I should be feeling going into the day and what my expectations were. I knew I could win but I don’t know if I really expected this (record) in my first professional outing.”